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26k run/bike-athon!

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December 12th 2006
Hi everybody I hope you're all doing super. As per the previous e-mail, this weekend was a particularly active one as Guy and I tested our mettle in a 26km run/bike race. We raced from here in town to an outside village called Koubri. They have a monastery there that makes the BEST yogourt! Saturday we spent the day preparing for the race on Sunday. We had to collect the bike I would ride fro ... read more

Africa » Burkina Faso » Centre » Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural res... ... read more